Trademark Class 15: Musical Instruments

Musical instruments are covered under Trademark Class 15. This class includes all types of musical instruments used to create music, offering specialized protection for your brand within the music and entertainment industries.
Class 15 registration provides exclusive rights in the musical instrument industry. It protects your products—such as guitars, pianos, drums, and wind instruments—against infringement, maintaining your brand's uniqueness both nationally and internationally.
Class 15 protection is crucial for companies manufacturing or selling musical instruments. It prevents competitors from encroaching on your market presence and reinforces your brand's distinctiveness.
Class 15 registration is renewable every 10 years, ensuring continued legal protection and recognition for your brand over time.

Here are the Items under Class 15

Musical instruments	accordions, bagpipes, bandonions, barrel organs, bellows for musical instruments, carillons [musical instruments], concertinas, electronic musical instruments, mouthpieces for musical instruments, music rolls [piano], music synthesizers, musical boxes, musical instruments, mutes for musical instruments/dampers for musical instruments, pedals for musical instruments, perforated music rolls, valves for musical instruments.
Keyboard instruments	harmoniums, intensity regulators for mechanical pianos, keyboards for musical instruments, keys for musical instruments, organs, piano keyboards, piano strings, piano keys, pianos, wind pipes for organs, String instruments, basses [musical instruments], bow nuts for musical instruments, bows for musical instruments, bridges for musical instruments, catgut for musical instruments, chin rests for violins, double basses, guitars, harp strings, harps, horsehair for bows for musical instruments, huqin [Chinese violins], lyres, mandolins, pegs for musical instruments, pipa [Chinese guitars], plectrums/picks for stringed instruments, sticks for bows for musical instruments, stringed musical instruments, strings for musical instruments, violas, violins, zithers.
Woodwind instruments	bamboo flutes, clarionets, flutes, harmonicas, Jews' harps [musical instruments], oboes, ocarinas, reeds, sheng [Chinese musical wind instruments], suona [Chinese trumpets].
Percussion instruments	castanets, cymbals, drumheads/skins for drums, drums [musical instruments], drumsticks, gongs, handbells [musical instruments], hats with bells [musical instruments], kettledrum frames, kettledrums, tambourines, tom-toms, triangles [musical instruments], xylophones.
Brass instruments	buccins [trumpets], clarions, cornets [musical instruments], horns [musical instruments], saxophones, trombones, trumpets.
Musical accessories	cases for musical instruments, conductors' batons, music stands, stands for musical instruments, tuning hammers, tuning forks, turning apparatus for sheet music.

Related (Coordinated) Classes: Class 28 - Games and Sporting Goods, Class 35 - Advertising and Business Services, Class 41 - Education and Entertainment Services, and Class 42 - Science and Technology Services.

NOTE: Class 15 is NOT used if you are registering:

apparatus for the transmission, recording, reproduction and amplification of sound.

FAQ's

Trademark Class 15 is dedicated to musical instruments, including both traditional and electronic instruments, as well as their accessories like music stands and tuning forks.

Yes, electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers, electric guitars, and electronic keyboards are included in Class 15.

Traditional musical instruments such as pianos, violins, guitars, and drums are covered under Class 15.

Accessories specific to musical instruments, such as mouthpieces, reeds, music stands, and pedals, can be trademarked under Class 15.

Percussion instruments, including drums, cymbals, and xylophones, fall within the scope of Class 15.

Wind instruments, such as flutes, clarinets, saxophones, and oboes, are encompassed within Trademark Class 15.

String instruments, including guitars, violins, harps, and mandolins, are included in Class 15 for trademark registration.

Musical boxes are included in Class 15, as they are considered mechanical musical instruments.

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Trademark Class 15: Musical Instruments

Here are the Items under Class 15

Musical instruments

Keyboard instruments

Woodwind instruments

Percussion instruments

Brass instruments

Musical accessories

Related (Coordinated) Classes: Class 28 - Games and Sporting Goods, Class 35 - Advertising and Business Services, Class 41 - Education and Entertainment Services, and Class 42 - Science and Technology Services.

NOTE: Class 15 is NOT used if you are registering:

apparatus for the transmission, recording, reproduction and amplification of sound.

FAQ's

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